1. Cynan Ellis-Evans IPY Programme Office EPC-EC Meeting, July 5

2. IPY 2007-2008 Concept ICSU and WMO are co-sponsoring: An intensive burst of internationally coordinated, interdisciplinary, scientific research and observations focussed on the Earth’s Polar regions starting in 2007

3. IPY 2007-2008 Objectives Capture the interest and involvement of polar residents, schoolchildren, the public and decision-makers globally Seek major advances in knowledge and understanding Establish a legacy of new or enhanced observational systems, facilities, infrastructure and research networks Ensure unprecedented access to the data generated Attract and develop the next generation of polar scientists and engineers

4. IPY 2007-2008 and the EU 34 Countries involved in IPY 2007-2008, including 14 EU nations Of the order of 10,000 researchers involved in IPY projects USA and Canada are the major individual nations contributing IPY proposals with UK third, but Europe is collectively the major regional contributor European researchers are involved in over 70% of IPY proposals *** FP6 and FP7 do not entirely map onto IPY but some FP6 programmes are linking to IPY

5. TIMELINE OF IPY 2007-2008 PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT CALL FOR IDEAS (December 2003) 600+ IDEAS (June 2004) IPY FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT (Sept 2004)

6. TIMELINE OF IPY 2007-2008 PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT CALL FOR IDEAS (December 2003) 600+ IDEAS (June 2004) IPY FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT (Sept 2004) CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTENT (EoI’s) (Oct 2004) 1000+ EoI’s SUBMITTED (Jan 2005) CLUSTERING INTO 56 TOPICS (March 2005)

7. TIMELINE OF IPY 2007-2008 PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT CALL FOR IDEAS (December 2003) 600+ IDEAS (June 2004) IPY FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT (Sept 2004) CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTENT (EoI’s) (Oct 2004) 1000+ EoI’s SUBMITTED (Jan 2005) CLUSTERING INTO 56 TOPICS (March 2005) CALL FOR FULL PROPOSALS (March 2005) 104 PROPOSALS (June 30 2005) FIRST SET OF IPY CORE PROJECTS FURTHER CALLS IN SEPT 2005, JAN 2006 REMAINING SETS OF CORE PROJECTS IPY STARTS MARCH 2007

8. OF 104 FULL PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY JUNE 30  ALL HAVE A EUROPEAN CONTRIBUTORS  A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER ARE LED BY EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS  A NUMBER ARE LINKED TO EXISTING FRAMEWORK 6 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES  MANY OF THE THEMES OF THESE PROPOSALS MAP DIRECTLY ONTO THE THEMES OF THE FRAMEWORK 6 WORK PROGRAMME

9. THORPEX-IPY LINKS TO WMO’S GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVED FORECASTING (THORPEX) CARE CLIMATE OF THE ARCTIC AND ITS ROLE FOR EUROPE (LINKS TO EU FP6 SSA AWARD “CARE”) ORACLE-O3 POLAR OZONE LOSS AICI-IPY ATMOSPHERE-ICE CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS ATMOPOL ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING NETWORK FOR ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION IN THE ARCTIC

10. GLACIODYN DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF ARCTIC GLACIERS TO CLIMATE APICS ANTARCTIC PENINSULA ICE SHEET CHANGE STUDY PERMAFROST BIPOLAR THERMAL STATE OF PERMAFROST IPICS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN ICE-CORE SCIENCE (LINKS TO FP6 STREP ON ICE CORE ANALYSES) OASIS OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE -SEAICE-SNOWPACK INTERACTIONS SALE SUB-GLACIAL ANTARCTIC LAKE EXPLORATION IDEA TRAVERSE OF THE ICE DIVIDE OF EAST ANTARCTICA

11. iAOOS INTEGRATED ARCTIC OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (INCLUDES FP6 INTEGRATED PROJECT “DAMOCLES”) CASO CLIMATE IN ANTARCTICA AND THE SOUTHERN OCEAN GEOTRACES TRACE ELEMENT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF POLAR SEAS ACCO-NET ARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR COASTAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK POLARSTERN ARCTIC DEEP OCEAN HOT SPOT ECOSYSTEMS (LINKED TO FP6 INTEGRATED PROJECT “HERMES”) ICED-IPY SOUTHERN OCEAN INTEGRATED CLIMATE-ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS (INCLUDES FP6 NETWORK “EUR-OCEANS) ANDEEP-SYSTCO ANTARCTIC DEEP SEA BIODIVERSITY COUPLING

12. ISAC INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ARCTIC CHANGE KINNVIKA CHANGE AND VARIABILITY OF ARCTIC SYSTEMS – NORDUASTLANDET, SVALBARD POLAR MICROBES BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF POLAR MICRO-ORGANISMS

13. PAST APEX ARCTIC PALAEOCLIMATE AND ITS EXTREMES PLATES AND GATES POLAR OCEAN GATEWAYS AND TECTONICS PRESENT GIIPSY GLOBAL INTER-AGENCY IPY POLAR SNAPSHOT YEAR ICASS VI CIRCUMPOLAR SOCIAL CHANGE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES LICHEN THE LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ELECTRONIC NETWORK